verrous

\vɛ.ʁu\

/\vɛ.ʁu\/ noun

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The verdict

“verrous” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,015
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de verrou.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verrous · verrous · French

verrous · rank #28,015 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,015
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH verrouiller

Nearest frequency peer: verrouiller (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « verrous »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « verrous » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

verrous vs vertus
71% similar
verrous vs versus
71% similar
verrous vs verrues
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for verrous
PropertyValue
Headwordverrous
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛ.ʁu\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,015
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « verrous »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.verrousse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « verrouiller » (#28,014), « viendras » (#28,016), « Verlaine » (#28,013). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « verrous » est au #28,015. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around verrous (IPA \vɛ.ʁu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,015 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de verrou.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for verrous, with forms such as "evrrous", "verorus", and "verous". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "vertus", "versus", "verrues", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is verrous, spelled V-E-R-R-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de verrou.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how verrous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Arrivés au pied de l'escalier, on entendit, venant du premier étage, les bruits des verrous de la porte du tripot qui étaient manœuvrés à toute vitesse et les invectives crécellantes du vieux qui hurlait.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrrous
  • verorus
  • verous
  • verrosu
  • verrouss
  • verruos
  • vrerous
  • vverrous

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verrous - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evrrous2verorus2verous1verrosu2verrouss1verruos2vrerous2vverrous1
Edit distance from "verrous"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verrous"?
"verrous" is spelled V-E-R-R-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ.ʁu\.
What does "verrous" mean?
As a noun, "verrous" means: Pluriel de verrou.
What words are commonly confused with "verrous"?
"verrous" is commonly confused with "vertus", "versus", "verrues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verrous"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verrous" is \vɛ.ʁu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verrous" come from?
"verrous" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verrous", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vaudois#28,011validés#28,010unicité#28,005émigrer#28,028

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

vuelta8 variantsécrin8 variantsabonnez8 variantsthird8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list